Community Literacy Journal

Call for Proposals: Texts of Consequence: Composing Rhetorics of Social Activism for the Writing Classroom. Edited by Christopher Wilkey and Nicholas Mauriello.

Published as part of the Hampton Press series on Research and Teaching in Rhetoric and Composition.

More and more students from across the country are using writing to promote a more just and democratic society. Consider the 2008 Presidential Election. Student activists from across the political spectrum are blogging and using social networks such as Facebook and MySpace to organize and write a variety of arguments designed to call attention to the most pressing civic issues of the day. These students are already excited about using writing and multimedia technologies to make a difference in the world. Many students clearly want to influence how politics is enacted during this current electoral season, but what kind of impact might student activist writers actually have on the political process? For those student writers who have yet to engage in activist work, what rhetorical tools can be made available to them as they transition into the public arena? Given our discipline’s strong interest in writing as a social activity, we are especially suited to inquire into the ways in which writing might intersect with the demands and objectives of student activism.

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agua miel: secrets of the agave documents women’s creative collaborations along the Mexico/U.S. border to resist globalization’s inequities and injustices – material, ecologic, and social. Rather than using stereotypes and deficit theories of Mexican and Mexican-origin households, this documentary film will demonstrate that these households are rich resources for learning. It’s a film about the space between two nations – a “third-space” that remains invisible to much of the world. It reclaims the funds of knowledge that inform this space, its peoples, and their practices of sustainability.

Call for Papers: Service-learning in the Composition Classroom
Submissions are sought for a professional development book for both new and
experienced composition teachers that will focus on the role of
service-learning in the composition classroom. The book will be part of the
Fountainhead Press X Series for Professional Development. Essays are sought
that provide practical ideas for using service-learning pedagogy in the
classroom; however, the practical application should build on a pedagogical
discussion that frames the teaching/learning activities. In other words, do
not only tell how, but also why.